Watch: Sea lion gets hold of unsuspecting tourist, pulls her into the water [video]

They're wild animals, folks, not pets.

You see it in almost every harbour attraction where seals or sea lions are present. Tourists flock to the edge to get a better look at the cute ‘pups of the ocean’, and most of the time that’s where it stops.

Now, while there’s nothing wrong with appreciating wild animals in their environment, people tend to forget that, at the end of the day, they’re still wild animals. This girl had to find out the hard way, but thanks to soma spartan reflexes by one of the other people in the group, she got away mostly unharmed, but wet and frazzled.

A group of tourists were checking out some sea lions near the Steveston Fisherman’s Wharf in Canada, where they came across this little guy and decided to chuck it some food. A girl from the group goes in for a closer look before sitting down with her back turned to the animal.

The sea lion then grabs the girl’s dress and yanks her into the water. According to Traveller24 the clip has been viewed more than 7.5 million times and, well, it’s not hard to see why.